Floating hide summer trip in Slovenia
Just announced our Slovenia floating hide workshop in August with Starling Reizen; the perfect moment to show you all the results of our trip last August! Like the year before,…
Close encounter with a Polar bear family
We had been waiting quite a while to start this expedition, and our travellers had seen this trip cancelled at least four times due to covid travel restrictions! But I…
Greenland – Arctic Autumn colours
This year I spent September travelling and guiding in Greenland in Scoresby Sund, the biggest fjord system on earth. Along the eastern coast, these fjords are home to spectacular icebergs…
Trip Report – Floating hide photography in Slovenia
I started floating hide photography about 25 years ago. I remember my first target species were the Black Terns, and I had to travel all the way to Poland to…
Balkan photography: Bulgaria in the fall
Combine two of my favorite things in life, Bulgaria and autumn, and my heart starts beating faster every time. Corona made it difficult to return to this wild country last…
Going viral during the pandemic
Yes, we know, it sounds wrong, still going viral is exactly what my pictures of the rare yellow king penguin did. From articles in National Geographic and Audubon Magazine, to…
To spot or not to spot … a yellow penguin
Apparently, publishing pictures of rare animals can send you on a roller-coaster ride for days. And suddenly, you find yourself talking to people from all over the planet. Or at…
Snowy owls in Canada
I always wonder what the cornfields in southern Canada will offer in wintertime. Our goal was to find and photograph snowy owls on this Starling photo tour I was guiding.…
Discovering the Galapagos Islands
My grandfather had a big collection of nature encyclopedia. As a child, I couldn’t stop looking at all the pictures in these books. And of all the places described, it was always most enchanted by the islands of the Galapagos. They seemed otherworldly, and definitely not a destination you could get to. Ever.
Fast forward to 2016, when I was offered the possibility to go and explore the Galapagos in autumn! Needless to say, I did not hesitate for a moment.
Autumn in Greenland
So this is what icebergs look like! That was my first thought when we reached the Greenland coast. I’m pretty familiar with Svalbard’s glaciers, and they are stunning. But nothing compares to the huge glaciers of Greenland!